A-Z health topics

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Safe sex information

Salt and baking soda mouthwash

Salt: how to cut down

Scans and X-rays

Scaphoid fracture

School dental service

Scoliosis in children

Screen time: children

Scrotal problems

Scrotal problems in boys

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

Seasonal allergic rhinitis

Seborrhoeic dermatitis (seborrhoeic eczema)

Second-hand smoke and children

Seizures: what to do

Self-care after breast cancer

Sensory processing disorder

Septic arthritis

Serotonin syndrome

Sever's disease

Sex and intimacy in older people

Sex: giving consent

Sex: information for teens

Sexual abuse: children

Sexual health: for teenagers

Sexual health: services

Sexual health: services for teens

Sexual Health Clinic

Sexual orientation

Sexually transmitted infections

Shared health records

Sharps disposal

Shin pain (shin splints)

Short-sightedness

Shoulder: anterior dislocation

Shoulder adduction and abduction

Shoulder blade squeeze

Shoulder exercises

Shoulder flexion and extension

Side effects of antibiotics

Side effects of medicines

SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome)

Sinus infection

Sjögren's syndrome

Skin infection: cellulitis

Skin infection: impetigo (school sores)

Skin infection: ORF virus

Skin infection: ringworm

Skin infection: staphylococcus

Slapped cheek disease

SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus)

Sleep advice for children

Sleep advice for teenagers

Sleep assessment

Sleeping position for babies

Sleeve gastrectomy

Slipped upper femoral epiphysis

Smoking: pregnancy

Social transition

Soft tissue injury

Something stuck in ear

Something stuck in nose

Sore bottoms in young girls

Sore throat: Looking after your voice

Specialist Mental Health Service

Speech disorders

Speech-language therapists

Speech milestones

Spinal compression fracture

Splenectomy: adults

Spontaneous pneumothorax

Sprains and strains: recovery

Starting solids

STDs (sexually transmitted diseases)

Steroid: injections

Steroid: tablets and liquids

Stiff shoulders

Stimulant addiction

STIs (sexually transmitted infections): chlamydia

STIs: genital warts

STIs: gonorrhoea

STIs: partner notification

STIs: pregnancy

STIs: trichomoniasis

Stomach pain in children

Strep B in pregnancy

Stress: symptoms

Stress fractures

Stroke first aid

Student's elbow

Subacromial bursitis

Subacromial impingement syndrome

Subacromial pain

Subconjunctival haemorrhage

Subsidies for healthcare

Subsidised dental care

Sudden infant death: safe sleeping positions

SUDI (sudden unexpected death in infancy)

Sugar and tooth decay

Sugar: how to cut down

Suicide prevention

Suicide and young people

Suicide: warning signs

Suicide: what to do if someone is suicidal

Sunbeds and sun tanning

Sunburn: prevention

Sunburn: treatment

Sun-smart behaviour

Superbugs: ESBL

Superbugs: MRSA

Support rails: installing

Support services: child health

Support services: mental health

Support services: older people

Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)

Swallow studies

Swallowing disorders

Swallowing disorders: oral hygiene

Swallowing disorders: safe eating and drinking

Swollen thyroid

Symphysis pubis joint pain in pregnancy

Synthetic drug addiction

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